Mining & Energy

InfraCo Africa, part of the multi-lateral Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has signed a joint development agreement worth US$3.1mn to develop the Khoumagueli Solar PV project in the Republic of Guinea
The Khoumagueli project aligns with the government of Guinea’s...

ABDIJAN, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The African Development Bank said on Saturday it had approved a $100 million loan to develop a bauxite mine in northwest Guinea, as the West African country works to treble output by 2020.
The money...

The Danish power plant specialist Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC), in consortium with MAN Diesel and Turbo (MDT), has been awarded US$150.26mn contract to build a 120MW gas-fired power plant in Benin
The project entails construction of a whole...

The African Development Bank disbursed more than €71 million for the construction of a 714 km high voltage power line. The infrastructure which will link N’Zérékoré (Guinea) and Sanankoroba (Mali), will enable the electrification of 201 villages and provide a...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that fuel cells can be powered by living algae, which is five times more efficient than current models.
According to a statement, it is thought they could one day be used to provide...

Gender equality could have a significant impact on rural electrification moves in sub-Saharan Africa, new data suggests.
Fenix International, which sells off-grid solar kits in Uganda and Zambia, has uncovered a gender difference: Although only 20 percent of its kits...

Egypt’s ministry of power will offer tenders in the first quarter of 2018 for the development of solar power plants with a cumulative capacity of 500MW.
Arab and international companies presented their offers to the New and Renewable Energy Authority...

The Nigerian government is planning to generate 3,000MW of electricity by the year 2020. The plan includes 10, 000 mini-grids which will energize under served off-grid communities across the country.
The Managing Director, Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Mrs Damilola Ogunbiyi...

Rooftop solar provider, Off Grid Electric, in partnership with EDF, are set to expand their off-grid solar solutions offering to households in Ghana.
Off Grid Electric has secured the largest venture equity investment worth US $55m in Series D funding...

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to commission Kariba South power expansion project’s first unit on 24th December, 2017. The unit will feed 150MW onto the national grid.
The project has been undertaken by Chinese state-owned hydro-power engineering and construction...